Body Dumped In The Bronx Identified As ‘Green Book’ Actor Frank Vallelonga Jr.
deadline.comDeadline has confirmed that the NYPD has identified a body found dumped outside a Bronx sheet-metal manufacturing factory Monday as Frank Vallelonga Jr., a sometime actor most notable for his role in 2018’s Green Book.
He was 60. In Best Picture OScar winner Green Book, Vallelonga Jr. portrayed a relative of Viggo Mortensen’s bouncer character Frank “Tony Lip” Vallelonga.
Vallelonga Jr. was the real-life son of the bouncer portrayed in the film. According to the NYPD, police responded to a 911 call of an unconscious male in front 1243 Oak Point Avenue in the Bronx, on early Monday morning. “Upon arrival, police observed an unidentified adult male, unconscious and unresponsive, on the ground at the location.” police said. “The male had no obvious signs of trauma observed.
EMS responded to the location and pronounced the male deceased at the scene. The Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death.
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